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Shocking moment three Arkansas cops pin suspect to the ground and brutally beat him after arresting him for threatening a gas station worker: Two deputies and officer suspended
Daily Mail UK ^ | August 22, 2022 | Stephen M. Lepore

Posted on 08/21/2022 11:01:40 PM PDT by Morgana

Three Arkansas law enforcement officers have been suspended after outrage at a video showing two deputies and an officer striking a suspect under arrest.

Cops said Randall Worcester, 27, was making threats to a convenience store worker in Mulberry, near Little Rock, on Sunday morning.

Police said when the officers confronted him, he pushed a deputy to the ground and punched the back of his head, leading to the arrest seen in the clip.

But footage showed the three officers on top of him, repeatedly striking him with clenched fists.

The video was posted to Snapchat with the stunned account asking who they needed to send it to.

Crawford County Sheriff Jimmy Damante issued a statement Sunday evening, saying two county deputies were suspended in the state police's investigation into the incident and the sheriff's office's internal review. A Mulberry police officer also was suspended.

'I hold all my employees accountable for their actions and will take appropriate measures in this matter,' Damante said.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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KEYWORDS: arkansas; crawfordcounty; donutwatch; jimmydamante; lookwhohatescops; mulberry; police; randallworcester; stephenlepore; stephenmlepore
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To: DCBryan1

After he was on the ground and cuffed, I would NOT pound his head on the pavement.

This was anger, not police work. Police can’t unload on a person like that.

But, you immediately think the Police are right, because it was a video taken by a bystander. You automatically assume that someone thinking this was bad would not be supportive of the police—or understand their daily issues and/training.

Banging a person’s head on concrete is not in any police manual. Except maybe in Russia or China.


61 posted on 08/22/2022 1:36:26 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: HamiltonJay

“Police said when the officers confronted him, he pushed a deputy to the ground and punched the back of his head, leading to the arrest seen in the clip.”

I do not have a problem with their response to a person who does this to an officer without a damn good reason other than they think its totally acceptable to do so.

The restraint is they didn’t shoot the attacking person.

Read my history, I am not a universal cheerleader for police. This guy thought stomping on a cop was great. He got stomped on back. Perhaps he will think twice about doing so next time.

The world is full of a$$holes. Why? Because people let them get away with it.


62 posted on 08/22/2022 3:14:00 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Vermont Lt

Ah, but he wasn’t cuffed...and wasn’t complying......great armchair quarterbacking. I’ll wait until all the facts come out.


63 posted on 08/22/2022 4:13:45 PM PDT by DCBryan1 (Delete FB, TWTR, GOOGL, AMZN, YHOO, Gmail/chrome. Use Gab, Brave + DDG, VPN, Freerepublic )
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To: Sequoyah101

Idiot journalist think every place in Ark is “near” Little Rock.


64 posted on 08/22/2022 4:20:08 PM PDT by Fledermaus (With Trans Republicans like McCarthy and McConnell do we really want them to win Congress in 2022?)
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To: Midwesterner53
Do you know what happened before the video started?

We know what the cops say happened before the video started. So no, we have no idea.

65 posted on 08/22/2022 5:31:01 PM PDT by Hepsabeth ( )
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To: Secret Agent Man
If the guy physically attacks cops for no good reason, or anyone for that matter, I don’t have a problem with them returning some of his good will back to him.

Which is why the January 6 rioters are going to prison for years.

If the criminal victim in this case were black, those three officers would go to prison for years. You could see that look in their eyes when the realized someone recorded the beating.
66 posted on 08/22/2022 5:35:51 PM PDT by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began)
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To: DCBryan1

Show me any manual that has “head slamming into concrete”.

I’ll wait.


67 posted on 08/22/2022 6:25:41 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: gunsequalfreedom

If the guy was on PCP, then yes force is totally necessary.


68 posted on 08/22/2022 6:27:35 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: Sequoyah101

“Just another goon squad. Looks like fbi training.“

So you are ok with thugs attacking police officers?
I would expect to be shot if I did so.


69 posted on 08/22/2022 6:33:07 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
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To: Morgana
Surprised they didn't try to seize the camera footage. I was threatened while filming a cop during the Richard Chambliss trial over #Arkansas #OpenCarry. Hope this gets investigated and not just used as another excuse to riot.

White County Sherriff's Deputy Richard Johnson threatens me over filming full video

70 posted on 08/22/2022 9:28:40 PM PDT by pulaskibush (Thou shalt tax/steal from Peter to help Paul/Pablo is not in the Bible!)
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To: Captain Peter Blood
If the guy was on PCP, then yes force is totally necessary.

Force is not a beating like that. We need to define force.

71 posted on 08/24/2022 11:23:59 AM PDT by gunsequalfreedom (ui)
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